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Contesting Determinism  (Robert Wright & Oliver Burkeman)

Contesting Determinism (Robert Wright & Oliver Burkeman)

FromThe Wright Show


Contesting Determinism (Robert Wright & Oliver Burkeman)

FromThe Wright Show

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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Sep 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Oliver's new book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals ... Oliver outlines “compatibilism,” the idea that free will and determinism can coexist ... Bob: Everyone should be a free will agnostic ... The occasionally dramatic consequences of arguments against free will ... Would determinism require us to reform our approach to criminal justice? ... A (possible) quantum hack for free will vs. determinism ... Bob thinks compatibilism is bullshit ... ... ... but Oliver tries to persuade him there's something to it ... Oliver: No position on free will and determinism is free of contradiction ...
Released:
Sep 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Conversations with a series of people who have nothing in common except that program host Robert Wright is curious about what they’re thinking.